“Some drivers are just arseholes” is one of the subtitles that a road.cc reader gave this video of him getting a close pass from a van driver in Willenhall near Walsall.Brendon, the road.cc reader who was on the receiving end of the close pass and took the footage told us: “It was 1st March and … Read more
A 19 year old who robber was part of a gang that stole a motorbike and bicycle in Sheffield after mugging their owners has been jailed for two years and three months.Blake Houghton admitted two counts of burglary, two of robbery and one of dangerous driving when he appeared at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday, reports … Read more
The Shapeheart Smartphone Mount for Bike has a powerful magnet that holds your phone securely – in fact, you might have trouble getting it off again! Unfortunately the sleeve isn’t all that ‘weatherproof’ and the bar mount part is not up to the job for a couple of reasons.Does Shapeheart’s magnetic phone holder keep your … Read more
Police in Gloucester have launched an appeal for witnesses after a cyclist was knocked off his bike by a driver in what is believed to have been a deliberate attack.Officers say that the cyclist, who was riding along Cheltenham Road at around 9am last Thursday struck the wing mirror of a black Alfa Romeo car.The … Read more
Zwift is more than an online training platform – it’s changed indoor training completely. Gone are the days of staring at your garage wall for hours on end with a laminated piece of A4 dangling in front of you showing times, heart rates and cadence targets; now you can ride with anyone throughout the world, … Read more
For tonight’s Bike at Bedtime, we’re casting our minds back to when the Cannondale SuperSix hadn’t yet been touched by the aero gains brush. The tubes were round, the seat stays undropped and the cable routing was…wait for it…external!It’s a bike that we absolutely loved and in a world of road bikes were all front … Read more
The leader of Oxfordshire County Council has pledged “zero tolerance” on road traffic deaths after two women were killed while cycling in Oxford in recent weeks.Liberal Democrat councillor Liz Leffman also said that the county should be somewhere that people should be able to ride bikes without fear of being killed or seriously injured.Her comments … Read more
